LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"Hugh and Margaret, all unconscious of her scrutiny, were enjoying themselves extremely"[Frontispiece]
"Margaret did the honors, still feeling very shy"[29]
"At this moment Polly appeared, red-cheeked and breathless"[33]
"She was a slenderer Peggy, with the same blue, honest eyes"[86]
"She looked up, and saw Grace sitting on a broad, low branch"[137]
"On the second landing they paused to salute the old portraits"[148]
"A tall, slender figure half ran, half tottered into the room"[181]
"'I propose . . . the health of the best man . . . that lives upon this earth to-day; . . . the health of my Uncle John!'"[238]